Howdy yall from Spokane

[ossa95d]

Back in the 60s we used to buy VW Beetles for $50. We would strip them down and shorten them and drive them in the woods. Those chrome exhaust tips got reused as silencers on a lot of small motorcycles. Good memories

[Roland the Headless]

I remember those pipes
I had buddies that played with VWs too

I will look into those

[Roland the Headless]

Muffler found (thanks Mike) and installed (thanks again mike )

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It quieted it down a considerable amount

[Roland the Headless]

painted the pipe

[Roland the Headless]

Now a Kawasaki found its way into my garage

It is a 1969 G4 100cc

Some of yall may be familiar with the G4TR Trail Boss

This is the predecessor of the Trail Boss (no dual range gearbox)



Got it in a trade and she runs

I want a flat track bike in 100cc class so this might be it

[ossa95d]

My first flat track bike was a Hodaka. It was a real beater that wouldn't shift right, but I learned a lot about the shifting mechanism by tinkering with it. It was stock and clapped out. I threw an expansion chamber pipe on it and had a ball battling for last place with my brother, who was also riding a Hodaka. A local Kawasaki dealer let me ride his G31m. I got a second place in the 125 class and had to go out and find one of my own. That bike would really scream!
My younger brother had a G4TR with the Hi-Lo range. The oil injection tank had a really cool picture of a long horn skull on it.

[Roland the Headless]

my boss wanted me to use my hodaka but I would rather use this free bike
I will stick a trials on the front and a street tire on the rear
If I decide I like flat tracking I will get a bike to ride for permanent

[Roland the Headless]

I am putting skins on the wheels tomorrow
A couple trials tires I will see how it works I am sure it will be better than the clapped tires on the bike

[Roland the Headless]

I put tires on the Cowasockie
I also removed the front brakes, the lights, stuck a number plate on
and some socks

[Roland the Headless]

Put a real Hodaka front fender on Hope today

[Roland the Headless]

the Cowasockie lost some weight today
I took the battery, the oil tank (I will run mix from now on ) and added a kill button
I also found another square number plate

[Roland the Headless]

I found some info from a Powroll catalog I gunna leave here

1973-75 TL125 solid head

145cc Bore Kit - #00097 $250.00
61mm 9:1 Compression. lncludes piston, pin, rings, retainer clip, headgasket & sleeve (reguires Re-Sleeving
& Case Machining ). Oversize available,
9.5mm Stroker -ffi6012 $240.80
175cc with Bore Kit. Work done on your good stock crank assembly, parts (if needed) are not included in
price.
Camshaft - #{2853 $175.95 .295" ln I .280" Ex Lift. Torque grind, billet camshaft, no core required.
Heavy Duty Valve Springs - #24034 $65.00
Heavy Duty Clutch Springs -#16775 $21.00

I don't know if all, or any of his was done to my bike but food for thought

[Bullfrog]

My first and second motorcycles were Hondas. So the Poweroll information is sort of interesting. But you do know this is a Hodaka page right? We'd be more interested in information about your Hodaka.
Ed

[Roland the Headless]

I have used this to document the progress of all my bikes
I do use these to catalog my Hodaka stuff but I use the other as filler

Hay frog can you tell me who made this pipe?

[Bullfrog]

Looks homemade to me. Reasonably well made - but homemade.
Ed

[Roland the Headless]

New pics of the Cowasocki

[Darrell]

Moo, hmm. Is that a Honda C105T (Trail 55: iron head, pushrod) over on the other bench or the C100 with the leg guards removed?

[Roland the Headless]

Good eye it is the C105T 55

MOO